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Description

Brown garment with embroidery. The garment has a rectangular shape with a round neck, no sleeves and open sides. Around the neck is a pointed border in black, edged with pink. The front and back are composed of three vertical panels sewn together with blue stitching The upper centre panel has a large embroidered square with an abstract pattern in many colours on maroon ground. The upper side panels have smaller squares with the same abstract pattern. The bottom edge is uneven. The inside is unlined.

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ID Number

776/3

Title

Garment

Item Name

garment

Culture

Maya

Material

fibre, cotton
fibre

Place Made

Guatemala

Date Owned

to 1982/02/03

Owner

Friesen, Bob

Acquisition Date

1982/02/03

Source

Friesen, Bob [seller]

Source

Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers [funding_source]

Measurements

height: 143 cm (overall), width: 83 cm (overall)

Item Classes

textiles

Condition

fair

Accession Number

0776/0003

Description

Brown garment with embroidery. The garment has a rectangular shape with a round neck, no sleeves and open sides. Around the neck is a pointed border in black, edged with pink. The front and back are composed of three vertical panels sewn together with blue stitching The upper centre panel has a large embroidered square with an abstract pattern in many colours on maroon ground. The upper side panels have smaller squares with the same abstract pattern. The bottom edge is uneven. The inside is unlined.